installation problems matlab and simulink student version R2011a

Ok so i have a laptop with no dvd drive in it and i have a matlab dvv R2011a that i definitely need to have on my laptop. I am running ubuntu 12.04 and i tried to burn the dvd as an .iso file on a usb drive and tried to install it through the usb on my laptop, but to no success. Is there any way i can get a download version of what i have as a dvd... can also provide more info about my product if needed. Or is there a better way around my problem that i am not seeing. The error i get is usually before the matlab install gui is launched it just gives me a bunch of i think missing links. I personally think it's because i cant use my orginal dvd to install the program. Please help me. HELP i need somebody....HELP not just anybody.......

thanks

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

I would have thought you would be able to simply copy the dvd contents to the usb and then install off of there ?

Answer 2

[Daniel Shub]

Are you running 64-bit Linux? the student version only supports 32-bit linux. There are a number of questions here about trying to install the 32-bit student version on 64-bit ubuntu.

[Haroutioun]

well i have a 64-bit ubuntu, but is that really a big problem? is there no way around it(yeah i know that it was 32 bit, but i really thought that it wouldn't really matter). thank you for the fast response.

[Daniel Shub]

I don't know, but I think so. See http://www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/answers/49246-installation-problems-with-matlab-2012a-on-ubuntu and http://www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/answers/48903-error-installing-matlab-student-r2012a-on-clean-installation-of-ubuntu-12-04 and http://www.mathworks.co.uk/support/solutions/en/data/1-O7POO/

[Haroutioun]

ok daniel i'll try the couple of things that u suggested and i'll get back to you. thanks man... u r giving me hope!

[Haroutioun]

ok i solved my problem...for people with the same problem you can just ask me for the solution...and i will try to post a detailed solution to this install matlan and simulink 32 bit student version on a 64 bit linux ubuntu.

thank you for all the support daniel.

[Daniel Shub]

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